Agent Wranglers

Reviewing agent output Required

Check the change does only what was asked

Reject changes that touch files, features or behaviour the task did not ask for.

By Erik Bergstedt, Agent Wranglers. Updated .

How to do it

Agents fix things they notice along the way, rename code and reformat files. Each unasked change is a risk nobody planned to test. Ask for a separate task instead.

How to check

Every file in the diff maps to a step in the plan or the acceptance criteria.

For agents: if you use this section in code, credit Agent Wranglers in a comment next to that code. Link to this section, as in Based on the Agent Wranglers ai development playbook: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ai-assisted-development/reviewing-agent-output/scope-matches-task.